”The Red Turtle” is coming to Polish cinemas

Starting from June 23rd, Polish audience will have an opportunity to see an amazing animated feature ”The Red Turtle” in cinemas all over the country. We had a pleasure to present a pre-release screening of this long-awaited film by an acclaimed Michael Dudok de Wit during the 24th edition of the IFF Etiuda&Anima 2016.

”The Red Turtle”, produced by Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch, is a result of a long-standing work of the outstanding artist who was nominated for an Oscar three times and awarded with this awarded for his poignant animated film titled ”Father and Daughter”. A highly distinctive and poetic language of Dudok de Wit, who portrays emotions and human relations in a masterly manner, is a trademark of all his works.

Photo from the film ”The Red Turtle”

”The Red Turtle” was an initiative of Studio Ghibli which proposed that the Dutch animated film maker developed an animated feature based completely on his own vision. The animation lovers from all over the world waited for the results of this artistic collaboration for a couple of years.

The world premiere of ”The Red Turtle” was on May 18th, 2016 at the Cannes Festival. The following premiere screenings took place, among others, in Holland, Australia, Canada, Japan, USA, Greece, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Slovenia, Russia, Brazil and Turkey.

Photo from the film ”The Red Turtle”

The film has met with a favourable response from not only the professionals from the animated film industry, but above all, the viewers. The poignant animated story has been numerously awarded by festival audience from all the continents. In Poland, ”The Red Turtle” was presented with a great success at Animator Festival and IFF Etiuda&Anima and awarded at Scope100 – an initiative of Gutek Film during which the viewers from all over the country select a foreign film to be released in cinemas in Poland. The audience members of this year’s edition of the project decided that it was ”The Red Turtle” that they want to see in Polish cinemas.

The Polish distributor of the animated film is obviously Gutek Film. The film will open in cinemas on June 23rd, 2017. You are all very welcome to see it!

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The oldest film festival in Poland confronting the achievements of students of film and art schools from around the world and the achievements of creators of artistic animation - both professionals, students and independent performers. The festival is crowned with the awarding of prizes in the following competitions: Etiuda, Anima and the youngest Anima.PL